NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS
CLOSEOUT MEMORANDUM
Case Number: A13050068 Page 1 of 1
We assessed an allegation that NSF support1 was improperly acknowledged in a
publicatio~ for which the submission date predated the start of the award. The PI of the award
stated that the researchers incurred pre-award costs and accomplished research included in the
revised manuscript once they received notice of the award, and acknowledgment to the NSF
award was added at the galley-proof stage of the publication. NSF rules allow such pre-award
activities at the risk of the grantee. Therefore, there is no evidence of impropriety.
This case is closed with no further action taken.
NSF OIG Form 2 (11102)
Plagiarism (Verbatim)
Published by the National Science Foundation, Office of Inspector General on 2013-08-15.
Below is a raw (and likely hideous) rendition of the original report. (PDF)